Kansas : in the heart of Tornado Alley
Price, Jay M., 1969- Torbenson, Craig L. 1956- Corns, Sadonia Nellis, Jessica Wondra, Keith
Price, Jay M., 1969-
Torbenson, Craig L. 1956-
Corns, Sadonia
Nellis, Jessica
Wondra, Keith
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2011
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Tornadoes History Pictorial works,Tornado damage History Pictorial works,Natural disasters,Disaster relief
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Price, Jay M., et al., editors. Kansas: In the Heart of Tornado Alley. Arcadia Pub, 2011.
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Back in 1915, Snowden D. Flora of the US Weather Bureau wrote, "Kansas has been so commonly considered the tornado state of the country that the term 'Kansas cyclone' has almost become a part of the English language." Flora's words still seem to ring true. Whether called a twister, a tornado, a vortex, or cyclone, these catastrophic events have shaped lives in the Sunflower State for generations. Just a few destructive moments forever changed places such as Irving, Udall, Topeka, Andover, and Greensburg. Even before Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz helped equate the tornado with Kansas, the turbulent nature of local weather seemed to parallel an equally turbulent history, with the fury of people such as John Brown compared to a cyclone. Even if they have never seen a funnel cloud themselves, those who live in Kansas have come to accept the twister as a regular and always unpredictable neighbor.
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Arcadia Pub.
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Images of America.